page_title: La Chaux-des-Breuleux
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: La Chaux-des-Breuleux / Geography
caption_attribution_description: La Chaux-des-Breuleux
context_page_description: La Chaux-des-Breuleux is a municipality in the district of Franches-Montagnes in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
context_section_description: La Chaux-des-Breuleux has an area of 4.05 km² (1.56 sq mi).  Of this area, 2.86 km² (1.10 sq mi) or 70.6% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.94 km² (0.36 sq mi) or 23.2% is forested.   Of the rest of the land, 0.14 km² (35 acres) or 3.5% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.01 km² (2.5 acres) or 0.2% is either rivers or lakes and 0.12 km² (30 acres) or 3.0% is unproductive land.
  Of the built up area, housing and buildings made up 1.7% and transportation infrastructure made up 1.2%.  Out of the forested land, 18.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 4.9% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees.  Of the agricultural land, 10.1% is used for growing crops and  33.1% is pastures and 27.4% is used for alpine pastures.  All the water in the municipality is in lakes.
  The municipality is located in the Franches-Montagnes district, at an elevation of 1,016 m (3,333 ft) on the border between the Canton of Jura and Bern.
  The municipalities of Le Bémont, Les Bois, Les Breuleux, La Chaux-des-Breuleux, Les Enfers, Les Genevez, Lajoux, Montfaucon, Muriaux, Le Noirmont, Saignelégier, Saint-Brais and Soubey are considering a merger on at a date in the future into the new municipality of Franches-Montagnes.
caption: La Chaux-des-Breuleux village
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